Skeeball is mine!

I now own my very own 10 foot authentic SkeeBall Alley machine, seemingly straight from the boardwalk. Previously considered an almost unattainable goal, I got it on the cheap via a serendipitous craigslist search. It currently lives a friend's house until I actually have a place to put it. I will now endeavor to beat my highscore of 890 points over the course of a single quarter (2 games, 440 in the pay game and 450 in the free bonus game).

Glorious.

A few years later...

I was perusing the internet just now and found myself here again. Seems like I haven't been here for 3 years. Damn. I have been wandering around on the other side of the internet for awhile now. Well, just as I mentioned 3 years ago, this blog is totally useful. I totally forget most of my life. I just read entries like they are the life of someone else and get a kick every time out of knowing it was me. Kind of strange, really. Like that milk thing a few posts down... I barely remember what I was talking about except that I vaguely recall it was hilarious. It probably would have been lost forever otherwise. And apparently I won a $12 scratch off? Awesome. Yes, I get amazed by the same simple things over and over again. Kind of like Memento.

So lets see, whats happening. Well, been working for the man for awhile now. Girlfriend Erica now exists (and has for awhile..hi Erica!). Got a 2006 nissan altima & dnx9140 after my car died in the middle of the road. So many things have happened though too much to write, traveled over the world.

I will now leave cryptic notes for myself so skip this paragraph if you must. If you have any questions about the following, do not bother asking, except in person. (remember crazy sea creatures and dog/cat/rat man in San Francisco, Vegas 2x horse races & proton pack at defcon, remember St. Louis sucks but has a nice brewery & large horses, remember in Key West you para-sailed, remember Vancouver had a cool cansecwest conference, Buffalo a few times, Tampa for a month, remember the sets for Lost in Hawaii, Boston, remember Abba & Black flags in Bahrain (Manama), chocolate & waffles & red light in Belgium (Brussels), louvrian desert & shady "bushes" & bridge gatherings in Paris, brothels in Frankfurt (nothing dirty), kangaroos in Australia (Canberra) , castles & using a women's bathroom in Heidelberg).

Formed a few companies on the side (4207 Software with my pal Chris, Potatofish with my pal Alex). Released an iPhone app so far with Potatofish (Am I Safe?). Worked on the in limbo River Rendering System (and River Lite) for 4207 Software (which actually really helped out Chris, so I consider that a success) and the in limbo MealCal for Potatofish (which was just fun doing). Also doing some new extremely interesting things that I won't mention here (one involving healthcare, one involving parking lots, one involving sweepstakes and one involving product reviews). Who knows how these will turn out but its always fun trying.

And, no past self, I never did find that golden penny...what about you future self, did you check your old wallet?

Things That Don't Exist On The Internet.

The internet is known for having almost everything you wanted and never wanted to see. Every now and then I come across something that does not exist on the internet. Usually this is because what I am searching for is too obscure. Sometimes though, there is no good reason, which is very strange to me.

Anyway, if someone can find a clip of the Mike Myers Lord of the Dance Parody he did on the 1997 MTV Movie Awards that would be super. It is hillarious and don't just take my word for it...take the bastion of credibility that is VH1 as it was voted number 42 out of the 100 moments that rocked tv.

New...post?

What? What is going on here? I seem to be posting something (not really TO anyone since no one reads this anymore)....Yep. I am definitely posting something...

So what has happened in the past 10 months since my last post? Many things. Now, of course I don't remember much (as I didn't post about it) but I left a bunch of notes in my brain telling me things happened. I don't leave very specific brain notes and I don't even feel like reading many of them. From what I can foggily remember and feel like mentioning, I made a cool senior design project (mDiet rules #1), graduated college, failed in going to europe (no one would go with me), got older by a year, obtained a large free bar for the old house, slacked around for a few months happily, lived on South Street, got a job, moved to Baltimore, dressed up as Hannibal from the A-Team for halloween, got into Hopkins grad school, obtained a sweet Garmin Nuvi GPS for christmas (the best object I own by far; I almost feel normal now in terms of directions), went to NYC for New Years, ate nachoes at Qdoba yesterday, and killed a bum.

Except for that last thing (which is only real in a pseudo-theory), the year was good and I feel somewhat different (read: older, wiser and lamer) than I did a year ago. Yes, as you may be asking, there are a few important/funny things I did not mention but hey, I don't want the internet knowing absolutely everything about me and I like to leave cryptic notes for myself in the future....(hello future self, did you ever find that golden penny you had?).

On another note, this blog does serve its' purpose. This new years I had wondered what I did the previous year and without this blog I would have never remembered. According to this post, I did nothing but win a 12$ scratch off. Good for me.

So, anyway, I had not planned on posting to this blog anymore but plans are for suckers. Maybe I will post sporadically now.

Ramble On.

Myspace Blows.

I was looking at some myspace profiles recently and was amazed at how horrible the design of the pages were. It reminds me of the days when the internet was just becomming popular and people were trying to make "homepages", and failing miserably. Take a look at this and tell me it doesn't make your mind numb. At least its good to see many people, who otherwise wouldn't really know what a computer was, trying to understand web technology. That might sound a little snobby but fuck that and you for thinking it. And that might sound a little angry but yeah, I think it was.

Why does it seem no one else notices how unreadable some of the pages are? Anyway, as for myspace itself, I refuse to use it for as long as I can. As with thefacebook.com, I find it creepy. At least with thefacebook, only college people can find me. I guess the fact that I'm thinking about it means I will soon be somewhere on myspace. Damnit. Well I will just have to make sure to use all fake info.

On an unrelated note, I just realized I took my sheets for my bed off to wash them, forgot about it, and now they are sitting downstairs next to the washing machine, still dirty. Crap.

On another unrelated note, who knew that when you pour a gallon of milk on someone it gets all crusty in your hair? I sure didn't. Good to know. Just for the sake of my memory, I shall explain further. We were playing some sort of card game with the eventual purpose of pouring milk on Mindy (we lost the cap to the milk and figured it had to be put to some good use). It was decided the only way she would let that happen was to risk having milk poured on ourselves as well. So a single card was handed out and the low card got the milk. I think Mindy actually left the game and Kristen unknowingly took her place and her card. Before she completely understood what was going on, she had the lowest card. The milk soon commenced.

Blogin.

For whatever reason, I havn't been in the mood to post much. Some interesting things from February (skip to the very bottom for just something exciting (and possibly fraudulent):

1) Tried to smoke some from a cigarette. I think I failed if thats possible.
2) Was hit by a drunk driver while in a cab with some friends late one night. No real damage to the cab but the whole thing was entertaining. The guy was reeeally drunk. I took pictures and video on my cellphone but nothing too exciting.
3) Had a few house parties in the good ol' house and realized the best parties seem to be ones with only liquor, girls, and gay men. The gay men bring the girls and provide no competition. Also, I do not remember much from said house parties. The next party I am determined to be somewhat sober so I can form some coherant memories.
4) Rediscovered my love (and addiction) for fruit snacks.
5) Slept with your mom.
6) Had fun at the filmings of new SweatyRobot videos.
7) Went to Delaware to buy cheap bountiful liquor, including Everclear(not avaliable in PA) to make jungle juice. It's a good idea.
8) Saw Brokeback Mountain (actually at the end of January). It was definately one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.
9) Saw The Machinist starring Christian Bale (batman). Amazing how freaky thin he was for that movie.
10) Did many nerdy things.
11) Possibly saw Kirsten Dunst at a Cosi on UPenn's campus.
12) By habit, told a bum I had no change while actually playing with a bunch of useless change in my hands. Felt pretty dumb there.


And then, luckily, I dodged the bullet and spinning roundhoused the kidnapper, killing him instantly. I then grabbed the missing baby and returned him to his parents, who rewarded me with a plane ticket home to America.